Section 4939.01 | Municipal public way definitions.
As used in sections 4939.01 to 4939.08 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Accessory equipment" means any equipment used in conjunction with a wireless facility or wireless support structure. "Accessory equipment" includes utility or transmission equipment, power storage, generation or control equipment, cables, wiring, and equipment cabinets.
(B) "Antenna" means communications equipment that transmits or receives radio frequency signals in the provision of wireless service, including associated accessory equipment.
(C) "Cable operator," "cable service," and "franchise" have the same meanings as in the "Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984," 98 Stat. 2779, 47 U.S.C.A. 522.
(D) "Distributed antenna system" means a network or facility to which all of the following apply:
(1) It distributes radio frequency signals to provide wireless service.
(2) It meets the height and size characteristics of a small cell facility.
(3) It consists of all of the following:
(a) Remote antenna nodes deployed throughout a desired coverage area;
(b) A high-capacity signal transport medium connected to a central hub site;
(c) Equipment located at the hub site to process or control the radio frequency signals through the antennas.
(4) It conforms to the size limitations specified in division (N) of this section.
(E) "Eligible facilities request" has the same meaning as in 47 U.S.C. 1455(a)(2).
(F) "Micro wireless facility" includes both a distributed antenna system and a small cell facility, and the related wireless facilities.
(G) "Micro wireless facility operator" means a public utility or cable operator that operates a micro wireless facility.
(H) "Municipal electric utility" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code.
(I) "Occupy or use" means, with respect to a public way, to place a tangible thing in a public way for any purpose, including, but not limited to, constructing, repairing, positioning, maintaining, or operating lines, poles, pipes, conduits, ducts, equipment, or other structures, appurtenances, or facilities necessary for the delivery of public utility services or any services provided by a cable operator.
( J) "Person" means any natural person, corporation, or partnership and also includes any governmental entity.
( K) "Public utility" means any company described in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code except in divisions (B) and (I) of that section, which company also is a public utility as defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code; and includes any electric supplier as defined in section 4933.81 of the Revised Code.
( L) "Public way" means the surface of, and the space within, through, on, across, above, or below, any public street, public road, public highway, public freeway, public lane, public path, public alley, public court, public sidewalk, public boulevard, public parkway, public drive, and any other land dedicated or otherwise designated for a compatible public use, which, on or after July 2, 2002, is owned or controlled by a municipal corporation. "Public way" excludes a private easement.
( M) "Public way fee" means a fee levied to recover the costs incurred by a municipal corporation and associated with the occupancy or use of a public way.
(N) "Small cell facility" means a wireless facility that meets the requirements of division ( N)(1) of this section and also division (N)(2) of this section:
(1)(a) Each antenna is located inside an enclosure of not more than six cubic feet in volume or, in the case of an antenna that has exposed elements, the antenna and all of its exposed elements could fit within an enclosure of not more than six cubic feet in volume.
(b) All other wireless equipment associated with the facility is cumulatively not more than twenty-eight cubic feet in volume. The calculation of equipment volume shall not include electric meters, concealment elements, telecommunications demarcation boxes, grounding equipment, power transfer switches, cut-off switches, and vertical cable runs for the connection of power and other services.
(2) If the wireless facility were placed on a wireless support structure, the increased height would be not more than ten feet or the overall resulting height would be not more than fifty feet.
(O) "Utility pole" means a structure that is designed for, or used for the purpose of, carrying lines, cables, or wires for electric or telecommunications service.
(P) "Wireless facility" means an antenna, accessory equipment, or other wireless device or equipment used to provide wireless service.
(Q) "Wireless service" means any services using licensed or unlicensed wireless spectrum, whether at a fixed location or mobile, provided using wireless facilities.
(R) "Wireless support structure" means a pole, such as a monopole, either guyed or self-supporting, light pole, traffic signal, sign pole, or utility pole capable of supporting wireless facilities. As used in section 4939.031 of the Revised Code, "wireless support structure" excludes a utility pole or other facility owned or operated by a municipal electric utility.
Available Versions of this Section
- June 11, 2012 – House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly [ View June 11, 2012 Version ]
- March 21, 2017 – Senate Bill 331 - 131st General Assembly [ View March 21, 2017 Version ]
- August 1, 2018 – Amended by House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly [ View August 1, 2018 Version ]